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It began serving beer on its current site in the 1600s and survived the Great Plague but the Lamb and Flag in Oxford is set to close for good after being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The Grade II-listed pub where JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis and Thomas Hardy once visited has shut its doors after … Read more
A Grade II listed former pub converted into an award-winning four-bedroom house has hit the market for £900,000. The Princess of Wales pub in Little Abington, Cambridgeshire, was built in 1820 but closed in 1963. Locals believe it was possibly named after Princess Alexandra of Wales, the wife of the future King Edward VII, before it … Read more
Police find dead woman’s body on London’s Hampstead Heath near Grade II-listed Jack Straw’s Castle A woman’s body has been found on Hampstead Heath in north London today Body was found in woodland near Jack Straw’s Castle, a Grade II-listed building It is not yet known if the woman’s death is being treated as suspicious By … Read more
Rotting Grade II-listed country home with 60 rooms, good local schools and excellent transport links goes on sale for £400,000 but you’ll need ‘a passion for property’ to restore it Blackborough House extends to 15,500 square feet and is located in the small hamlet of Blackborough, Devon The country home arranged over four storeys has … Read more
A sprawling Grade II listed property that inspired the setting for Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights has gone on sale for £1million. Ponden Hall in Stanbury, near Haworth in West Yorkshire, has fascinating and well-documented connections to Brontë, who is said to have based parts of the Lintons’ Thrushcross Grange and Heathcliffe’s farmhouse in her 1847 … Read more
Grade II-listed French pub in London’s Soho lifts 100-year ban on pints to reduce contact between staff and customers amid coronavirus crisis The French House in Soho, London, has only served half pints of beer Distancing rules mean there’s room for one bartender, where there’s usually five The French House has counted Francis Bacon and … Read more
Estate agents in rural areas are reporting a huge increase in interest in properties after lockdown. Two of the reasons are that many people have found they can work from home just as well rather than head for a city office, and that social distancing is much easier to maintain out of town. One area … Read more
Save our Jerusalem! Fury as grade II-listed Women’s Institute college is set to be shut and sold after 72 years Women’s Institute college where up to 10,000 a year attend courses may close Denman College could be closed permanently and sold to the highest bidder Generations have gathered at the site in Marcham Park, Oxfordshire since … Read more
Thank the heavens because this stunning former Victorian rectory complete with six bedrooms, a three-acre garden and a tennis court could now be yours for £3.5million. The Old Rectory at Shipton Oliffe, near Cheltenham, boasts idyllic grounds with the River Coln running through them, and benefits from large windows and light-filled living spaces, arranged over … Read more
A couple who spent 20 years lovingly restoring a Grade II-listed property to its former glory are locked in a bitter dispute over plans to build a quarry next to their dream home. Barbara and Simon Campbell purchased the 16th century manor house, complete with 15 acres of land, at an auction for £270,000 in … Read more